Sebastian Deisler announced his shock retirement
German international midfielder retired,he is 27.
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Injuries prompt Deisler to quit the game
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16.01.2007 Injury-plagued Bayern and Germany midfielder Sebastian Deisler has announced his immediate retirement from professional football. The 27-year-old informed Munich general manager Uli Hoeneß of his decision on Monday evening, before going public with the news the following day.
"It's not a decision I've come to overnight. I've taken my time over it," Deisler told a news conference at Bayern's Säbener Strasse headquarters on Tuesday lunchtime, revealing he had considered calling time on his career after his last major injury, a lacerated knee cartilage. "I had to push myself hard to get back up to speed."
The injury cleared up and Deisler made a successful Bundesliga comeback last autumn, "but I no longer have real faith in my knee's ability to cope with professional football," the player explained. "I'm not playing with the enjoyment you need any more. I don't want to do anything by halves. That doesn't help anyone," Deisler continued.
Hoeneß expressed deep regret at the player's chosen course of action. "For me, the decision is incomprehensible. We've done everything we could, and we regret this decision enormously," the board director declared. Deisler's contract, which runs until 30 June 2009, will not be dissolved but will instead be "suspended", Hoeneß announced. Should Deisler ever feel capable of playing at the highest level again, "he can take up this option at any time and come back to us."
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16.01.2007 Injury-plagued Bayern and Germany midfielder Sebastian Deisler has announced his immediate retirement from professional football. The 27-year-old informed Munich general manager Uli Hoeneß of his decision on Monday evening, before going public with the news the following day.
"It's not a decision I've come to overnight. I've taken my time over it," Deisler told a news conference at Bayern's Säbener Strasse headquarters on Tuesday lunchtime, revealing he had considered calling time on his career after his last major injury, a lacerated knee cartilage. "I had to push myself hard to get back up to speed."
The injury cleared up and Deisler made a successful Bundesliga comeback last autumn, "but I no longer have real faith in my knee's ability to cope with professional football," the player explained. "I'm not playing with the enjoyment you need any more. I don't want to do anything by halves. That doesn't help anyone," Deisler continued.
Hoeneß expressed deep regret at the player's chosen course of action. "For me, the decision is incomprehensible. We've done everything we could, and we regret this decision enormously," the board director declared. Deisler's contract, which runs until 30 June 2009, will not be dissolved but will instead be "suspended", Hoeneß announced. Should Deisler ever feel capable of playing at the highest level again, "he can take up this option at any time and come back to us."
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BERLIN, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Bayern Munich and Germany midfielder Sebastian Deisler is retiring from football at the age of 27 because of injury.
Deisler, who missed last year's World Cup after undergoing knee surgery for the fifth time, announced the decision at a news conference held by Bayern on Tuesday.
'I no longer have any real faith in my knee,' the player said. 'In the long run it's been an ordeal.
'I can no longer play with the right level of enjoyment and I don't do anything by halves.'
Blessed with speed, dribbling ability and an eye for a cross, Deisler was once widely seen as being the next great German player but fitness and psychological problems meant he was unable to fulfil his promise.
After making his Bundesliga debut as an 18-year-old with Borussia Moenchengladbach in 1998, Deisler played for Germany for the first time in 2000 and looked set for great things when he agreed to join Bayern from Hertha Berlin in 2002.
Injury kept him out of the 2002 World Cup, however, and continuing problems meant he hardly figured for Bayern in his first season.
He was sidelined for five months in the 2003-04 season while being treated for depression but he returned and looked a much happier man following the birth of his son, Raphael in 2004.
He was one of the outstanding players in the Germany side that reached the semi-finals of the Confederations Cup in 2005 and Juergen Klinsmann was hoping to play him on the right of midfield at the 2006 World Cup.
Another knee injury suffered in a training in 2006 dashed his hopes, though, and he also missed most of the first half of the current season.
He returned to make a handful of appearances as a substitute at the end of 2006, including one quite brilliant display that earned Bayern a 2-1 win away to Hamburg SV.
The stage appeared set for a return to his best in 2007 before he finally decided enough was enough.
After showing so much patience with the player, Bayern were clearly disappointed by his decision to retire and manager Uli Hoeness held out hope of yet changing his mind.
'I don't understand his decision at all,' Hoeness said at the same news conference on Tuesday.
'If he feels in condition at some time in the future he can always come back.'
Deisler won 36 caps for Germany and scored three goals.
In the Bundesliga, he played 135 times and scored 18 goals, winning the league and Cup three times apiece with Bayern.
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Deisler, who missed last year's World Cup after undergoing knee surgery for the fifth time, announced the decision at a news conference held by Bayern on Tuesday.
'I no longer have any real faith in my knee,' the player said. 'In the long run it's been an ordeal.
'I can no longer play with the right level of enjoyment and I don't do anything by halves.'
Blessed with speed, dribbling ability and an eye for a cross, Deisler was once widely seen as being the next great German player but fitness and psychological problems meant he was unable to fulfil his promise.
After making his Bundesliga debut as an 18-year-old with Borussia Moenchengladbach in 1998, Deisler played for Germany for the first time in 2000 and looked set for great things when he agreed to join Bayern from Hertha Berlin in 2002.
Injury kept him out of the 2002 World Cup, however, and continuing problems meant he hardly figured for Bayern in his first season.
He was sidelined for five months in the 2003-04 season while being treated for depression but he returned and looked a much happier man following the birth of his son, Raphael in 2004.
He was one of the outstanding players in the Germany side that reached the semi-finals of the Confederations Cup in 2005 and Juergen Klinsmann was hoping to play him on the right of midfield at the 2006 World Cup.
Another knee injury suffered in a training in 2006 dashed his hopes, though, and he also missed most of the first half of the current season.
He returned to make a handful of appearances as a substitute at the end of 2006, including one quite brilliant display that earned Bayern a 2-1 win away to Hamburg SV.
The stage appeared set for a return to his best in 2007 before he finally decided enough was enough.
After showing so much patience with the player, Bayern were clearly disappointed by his decision to retire and manager Uli Hoeness held out hope of yet changing his mind.
'I don't understand his decision at all,' Hoeness said at the same news conference on Tuesday.
'If he feels in condition at some time in the future he can always come back.'
Deisler won 36 caps for Germany and scored three goals.
In the Bundesliga, he played 135 times and scored 18 goals, winning the league and Cup three times apiece with Bayern.
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i was just going to post this, i am shocked for this decision really.
As a big fan of the player i feel really dishearten, because he was simply one of the best talents to come out of Germany since a long time. He was the hope for the German team to get them back to their glory days.Although that never happened.
He must be one of the unluckiest players to ever play the game. He had 5 knee operations since 1998, and he always had the injuries just before the big competitions. Started in 2002 WC and then it continued over and over through Europe and the next WC.
Who wouldn't get depressed, even Baggio needed some help to get over his mental problems.
Real shame that a young player with so much talent to leave the game so early.
As a big fan of the player i feel really dishearten, because he was simply one of the best talents to come out of Germany since a long time. He was the hope for the German team to get them back to their glory days.Although that never happened.
He must be one of the unluckiest players to ever play the game. He had 5 knee operations since 1998, and he always had the injuries just before the big competitions. Started in 2002 WC and then it continued over and over through Europe and the next WC.
Who wouldn't get depressed, even Baggio needed some help to get over his mental problems.
Real shame that a young player with so much talent to leave the game so early.
it is a damn shame, i still thought of him as a young talent who's gonna make it big, look at him know, 27 and he's still that, a talent. damn injuries ruined it all for him, really unlucky. everytime i seen him play, though very rarely, he always scored and played well..
good luck to him at whatever he's gonna do next.
good luck to him at whatever he's gonna do next.
Pity to see a good player go, and so young. 
I lost a lot of respect for Deisler (and Ballack) when they signed pre-contracts with Bayern Munich a few years back. They really showed no respect for their clubs at the time.
BTW, for a similar story of a talented player plagued by injury, try this:
http://indigo.ie/~bvr/Kevin1.htm
I got to watch him at UCD, at the beginning of the end.
I lost a lot of respect for Deisler (and Ballack) when they signed pre-contracts with Bayern Munich a few years back. They really showed no respect for their clubs at the time.
BTW, for a similar story of a talented player plagued by injury, try this:
http://indigo.ie/~bvr/Kevin1.htm
I got to watch him at UCD, at the beginning of the end.
